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''[[The Big Parade]]'' is a 1925 silent film directed by King Vidor.
The story follows Jim Apperson, an idle rich boy who joins the US Army's Rainbow Division and is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes friends with two working class men, [[War Is Hell|experiences the horrors of trench warfare]], and finds love with a French girl.
The movie was considered ground breaking for removing the propaganda and glorification of war present in other wars, especially those representing World War I being produced at the time. It won the Photoplay Medal of Honor Award (a precursor to the
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* [[An Arm and a Leg]]
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: They sure do.
* [[Everyone Looks Sexier If French]]: Though rather mild.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: The intertitles contain a peculiar variant of lyrics for "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gtvILZ-Kw8 You're in the Army Now]":
{{quote|''You're in the army now,
''You're not behind a plow;
''You'll never get rich,
''You son-of-a-[[Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion|gun]],
''You're in the army now! }}
* [[Good-Looking Privates]]: John Gilbert, 1920s heartthrob, stars as Jim.
* [[Insignia Rip Off Ritual]]: Jim's buddy loses his stripes.
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